3Proverbs 3

1My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,Select Proverbs 3:1

2For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.Select Proverbs 3:2

3Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,Select Proverbs 3:3

4And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.Select Proverbs 3:4

5Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.Select Proverbs 3:5

6In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.Select Proverbs 3:6

7Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.Select Proverbs 3:7

8Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.Select Proverbs 3:8

9Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;Select Proverbs 3:9

10And filled are thy barns with plenty, And with new wine thy presses break forth.Select Proverbs 3:10

11Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,Select Proverbs 3:11

12For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.Select Proverbs 3:12

13O the happiness of a man who hath found wisdom, And of a man who bringeth forth understanding.Select Proverbs 3:13

14For better is her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold--her increase.Select Proverbs 3:14

15Precious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.Select Proverbs 3:15

16Length of days is in her right hand, In her left are wealth and honour.Select Proverbs 3:16

17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.Select Proverbs 3:17

18A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy.Select Proverbs 3:18

19Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.Select Proverbs 3:19

20By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.Select Proverbs 3:20

21My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,Select Proverbs 3:21

22And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.Select Proverbs 3:22

23Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.Select Proverbs 3:23

24If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.Select Proverbs 3:24

25Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.Select Proverbs 3:25

26For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.Select Proverbs 3:26

27Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand is toward God to do it .Select Proverbs 3:27

28Say not thou to thy friend, `Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.Select Proverbs 3:28

29Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.Select Proverbs 3:29

30Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.Select Proverbs 3:30

31Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.Select Proverbs 3:31

32For an abomination to Jehovah is the perverted, And with the upright is His secret counsel.Select Proverbs 3:32

33The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.Select Proverbs 3:33

34If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.Select Proverbs 3:34

35Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!Select Proverbs 3:35